John Glacier
| John Glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 36 ′ S , 55 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The John Glacier is a glacier in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains it flows from the median snowfield along the north flank of the Hannah Ridge in a northwesterly direction.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2010. It is named after the British geomorphologist Brian John, who worked on the Antarctic Peninsula and the sub-Antarctic islands from the 1960s to the 1980s .
Web links
- John Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)